Sacramental Programme

Y4 First Holy Communion

Last year, your child was in the process of completing their Sacramental programme before the Covid pandemic stopped all elements. Fortunately, the opportunity for your child to continue this journey is now available.

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Following the guidance of Salford Diocese, families are being invited on a weekly basis in small numbers of only 2 children per mass, on either a Saturday or Sunday, to complete their Holy Communion. Please CLICK HERE to access the online booking system where you can reserve one of the following dates:

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• 7th/8th November

• 14th/15th November

• 21st/22nd November

• 28th/29th November

PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE FOR BOOKING IS THE 31ST OCTOBER 2020

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Thank you for your understanding regarding the safety measures that must be in place in order to protect the children, families and members of the parish. On the day your child’s Holy Communion, 5 family members may attend the Mass with your child who is making this special sacrament. Please note, the church have strict guidance in order to remain safe to open and once the church has reached full capacity, people will be unable to attend. Therefore, it is vital that your child and family members arrive promptly to avoid this disappointment.

Church opening times

RETURN OF WEEKEND MASSES AT OUR LADY’S AND HOLY FAMILY

Vigil Mass - Saturday at 6.00pm and the Sunday Mass at 9.30am, both at Our Lady’s.

Sunday Mass - Holy Family at 11.15am.

Parishioners are reminded that, at present, there is still no obligation to attend Mass. We will let you know when this changes.

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There are no mid-week Masses planned for the near future.

The Parish of Haigh, Aspull & Blackrod

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was founded in the mid 1850's and is part of the R.C. Diocese of Salford. The Church was blessed and opened in 1858, the year of the apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes. The Church was re-ordered in the 1990's and several new stained-glass windows were installed, some made in Blackrod, and are an interesting feature of the Church.

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Holy Family Parish, New Springs, was funded from Our Lady's in 1898 and in 2009 clebrated the Golden Jubilee of its Church. The community of Blackrod, Bolton, had a chapel-of-ease from 1960 to 2009 when St. Andrews Church Hall was closed.

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All three areas - Haigh & Aspull, Blackrod and New Springs are now served from Our Lady's.

Rev Kevin Foulkes

48 Haigh Road
Aspull
Wigan WN2 1YA

TEL: 01942 516732

Mass Times

Saturday

Sunday

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

6.00pm

9.30am

11.15am 

9.00am

9.15am 

9.00am

9.15am 

9.00am

11.00am

Haigh

Haigh

Holy Family

Haigh

Holy Family

Haigh

Holy Family

Haigh

Haigh

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday

A Parish History    ~   1858-2018

Mr Livesey & Mr West have worked with local parishioners to produce a book about the history of our parish and school, they have kindly allowed us to reproduce an electronic version of their book, available on the Parish Page, CLICK HERE to read it.

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If you would like to purchase a hard copy of the book CLICK HERE

Forward... 

It is a privilege and honour to write the forward to the Parish History of Our Lady’s Parish, on its 160th Anniversary.

It has also been a privilege and honour, and a pleasure, to serve as Our Lady’s Parish Priest since 1997 – following in the footsteps of my twenty-six predecessors.

Saint Peter writes ‘He is the living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him; set yourselves close to him so that you too, the holy priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices which Jesus Christ has made acceptable to God, may be living stones making a spiritual house.’ (Peter 2:3-5)

We are the living stones of this Christian community – commissioned as ‘missionary disciples’ to be Christ’s ‘ambassadors’ (St. Paul Cor. 5:20) in loving witness, worship and service to our community.

There have been many changes over these 160 years – in the Church, Society, Education and the design of Our Lady’s Church. The priests and people of Our Lady’s Parish have experienced many joyful family and Parish celebrations but also wars, peace, poverty and economic depressions, through twelve Pontificates and six Reigns – and we too are facing a challenging time for the Catholic Church. Blessed John Henry, Cardinal Newman wrote that ‘To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often’.

And so, building on and celebrating our heritage – the stones of Our Lady’s Church, and the ‘living stones’ of our dedicated, faithful and often courageous priests, parishioners and teachers in our Parish School we can face the future with confidence. We do so knowing that Jesus, Our Risen Lord, has promised to be with his Church forever. (Matthew 28:20)

I commend this publication to be read and enjoyed by everyone.

Many thanks to Phil Livesey and Neil West for their initiative to begin and to bring this book to completion and to all who have collaborated with them, with their own very interesting and often amusing memories! God bless you all.

Fr Kevin C. Foulkes